Job Title: Executive Assistant/ Administrator

Reports to: Reports to CEO

Salary: £30,000-£35,000, depending on experience

Hours: 40 hours per week, with flexibility to work the occasional Saturday morning to meet deadlines (2 to 3 times a year)

Location: UK, largely working from home, with a two to three-day residential monthly meeting (on average)

Contract type: 6 months initial contract, likely to be extended subject to funding

Date: September 2020

About FaithInvest

FaithInvest is an international, not-for-profit membership organisation and registered Charity for religious groups and faith-based investors worldwide. We assist faith groups to invest in line with their values. Our aim is to grow the scale and impact of faith-consistent investing. We support religious groups in moving more of their funds and resources into investments that will achieve the environmental and sustainable development impacts they seek to implement in the world.

Job Summary

We are seeking a full-time, experienced, high performing and flexible Executive Assistant/ Administrator who is eager to join a young and ambitious organisation at a critical point of its expansion and development. This is an excellent role which will pay a salary of circa £30-£35k. It involves remote working, with some monthly UK-based travel.  A flexible and adaptable approach is needed on a weekly basis as FaithInvest works with partner organisations across various time zones.

Job Profile

The Executive Assistant/ Administrator will support the senior team, particularly the Chief Executive Officer and Membership Director, being a ‘go-to person’ for information relating to projects, contacts and the network.  This post balances administrative responsibilities to the executive leadership team and the Trustee body, and wider organisational responsibilities, particularly in relation to grants and reporting. It also involves close liaison with key colleagues such as the Head of Finance and Administration.

This is a busy and challenging role within a small but friendly team. The successful candidate will need to have demonstrable expertise in a full range of administrative tasks, including diary management, dealing with confidential correspondence, managing mail/email and ensuring the senior team is fully prepared ahead of all meetings. The successful candidate will be highly organised with a keen eye for detail, possess high level IT skills, with an ability to multi-task as well as prioritise. They will be well organised, flexible and able to work proactively on their own or as part of a team, dealing with a range of matters whilst demonstrating initiative and sound judgment. They will be confident in dealing with FaithInvest’s wide range of partners, funders and members and able to operate at a senior level while also demonstrating the core administration skills needed. These will include updating FaithInvest’s online customer relationship and office databases with contacts and information and taking responsibility for delegated tasks in respect of data maintenance, accuracy and cleansing. This is a pivotal role for the organisation as it cuts across all areas of operation and will continue to be of influence as the organisation grows.

FaithInvest’s team is based largely in the South West. The full-time role involves working from home, with a two to three-day residential monthly meeting (on average), most of which will be in Bristol or London.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Day to Day Support to Executive team and Trustee Body

• Executive assistance to the Senior Team, consultants and Board, including:
  • diary management
  • coordinating meetings and calls
  • undertaking proactive e-mail management ensuring that urgent e-mails are promptly picked up, responded to and actioned as appropriate.
  • arranging Board of Trustees meetings
  • liaising with the Board
  • preparing agendas and taking minutes, including for weekly team meetings.
• Administrative support to the work of the senior team, including:
  • liaising effectively with colleagues to set deadlines for projects and tasks 
  • assisting the Communications department in the preparation of presentations and papers
  • proofreading
  • formatting documents
  • collating information for funding proposals and grant reports
  • taking responsibility for an overview of collective and individual deadlines within the team, e.g. for grant proposals and reports
• Support and coordination with the Head of Finance and Operations including
  • travel, meetings and hospitality bookings
  • the timely submission of reports and information to official bodies, as required for the charity to ensure compliance, and other legal requirements.
• Updating our customer relationship management system (Salesforce) and other systems (eg, our online office database, Office365) with contacts, documents and information.

Specific Project Support

• Joining specific projects or events for defined periods to provide general support and coordination

Additional responsibilities

This post has no budgetary or line management responsibilities

Qualifications and Education

Whilst degree level education is preferred, candidates with significant experience in administration will also be welcomed

Skills and Knowledge

Essential: Microsoft Office suite - Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint.

Desirable: Experience of Salesforce, Apple Macs

Essential proven ability

• Demonstrable expertise in a full range of Executive Assistant/Administrator tasks, including diary management, proactive email management, dealing with confidential correspondence, minute taking, document preparation, updating and maintenance of online office databases
• Demonstrable experience of being able to work proactively on their own or as part of a team
• High degree of IT literacy (experience of Microsoft Office, and preferably also Apple Macs)

Experience

Minimum of 5 years working in an Executive Assistant/ Administrator role

Essential personal qualities

• Highly organised
• Good communication skills
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Able to work independently but also as part of a team in a busy and changing work environment
• Able to work calmly under pressure and keep to deadlines
• Flexible, resourceful and adaptable in approach to deal with changing requirements, especially for travel arrangements in response to frequently changing diaries
• Able to prioritise workload effectively

Desirable qualities

• Good understanding of the UK charity sector and structure
• Experience in a smaller office environment

Out of hours working and travel

While usual working hours are Monday-Friday, 9.00 – 17.00, a flexible and adaptable approach is needed on a weekly basis as FaithInvest works with partner organisations across various time zones.  Therefore there may be a call or meeting out of these hours.

On average there will be a two to three-day staff residential each month, and some occasional international travel.

Holiday Entitlement

20 working days per annum in addition to the normal public holidays.

Application Process

To apply please send your CV and a cover letter.

Please note that CV’s sent without a cover letter will not be considered

Application Deadline: 31st August 2020  

This is a great opportunity to join a professional fundraising team in a dynamic international development charity. Our goal is to reduce poverty and protect the environment in the drylands of Africa – helping some of the poorest communities in the world to grow a way out of poverty.

We’re looking for an enthusiastic, personable and conscientious individual with a passion for providing excellent supporter care for TREE AID’s donors. Your role will be to support all areas of administration for the Supporter Fundraising department, primarily through the administration of donations, donor correspondence and database analysis.

Key objectives are to:

1. Support all areas of administration for the fundraising department
2. Process donations and respond to enquiries, maintaining a high level of donor service
3. Work with the Finance Department to ensure accuracy of donations reporting
4. Assist with income generating activities and provide support to the Fundraising Officers

Who we are looking for:

We’re looking for an enthusiastic, friendly and organised administrator to join our professional fundraising team.

You will be confident in communicating with our supporters on the telephone and by email, have excellent written communication skills and be familiar with using databases for inputting and analysing data.

You will be responsible for a variety of administrative tasks, have excellent organisation skills and will be expected to play a vital role within the fundraising team.

To apply, send us your CV, together with a Supporting Statement (max. 2 pages) explaining how you meet the person specification, and equal opportunities form.

Closing date: 9am Wednesday 19th August
Shortlisted candidates notified: Thursday 20th August 2020
Online task submission date: Friday 21st August 2020
Interview Date: Wednesday 26th August 2020
Expected start date: Monday 28th September 2020 or before

Candidates must be legally entitled to work in the UK at time of application.
As a charity with limited resources we can only respond to successful applicants.

Motivation is a UK registered charity and social enterprise working to transform the lives of disabled people around the world. From designing a unique range of wheelchairs, to influencing international governments and NGOs, we’ve been making an impact for nearly 30 years. With projects across Africa and in India, we advocate for the rights of disabled people and empower them to stay healthy, access education and employment, and to participate in their communities.

We are looking for a confident self-starter to join our friendly fundraising and communications team to provide outstanding customer care to all our supporters and essential administrative support.  This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to use their skills to excel and help us deliver our mission even more effectively.  We are looking for someone with initiative, a grounding in administrative process and a flair for communicating passionately with our valued Supporters.  The most important thing is the you share our values of being Inclusive, Empowering, Inventive and Honest.

We value diversity and equality and particularly encourage applications from people with disabilities and ethnic minority communities.

Finance Assistant (Sales Ledger)

We are one of the largest learning disability charities in the UK, supporting 2,500 people through our friendly, supportive, creative and diverse teams.

This is a small team so you have the opportunity to be involved in systems and development projects, should you wish, and you will always know that you are helping support people with learning difficulties to live their best possible life.

The Finance Assistant will support the team by ensuring that the sales transactions are completely and accurately recorded, and that queries are resolved quickly.

Sales Ledger / Credit Control Duties:

- Daily allocation of receipts from multiple funding streams to customer accounts
- Supporting treasury team with daily coding of receipts
- Reconciliation of cash receipt and refund control accounts
- Support Credit Controller in identifying under/over payments and raising queries with appropriate party
- Manage receipt queries with local authorities
- Liaise with Contracts team for invoicing issues
- Liaise with Local Service teams for manual invoicing and receipt issues
- Reconciliation of customer accounts to assist timely Credit Control
- Support Sales Ledger Manager with month end tasks

You will be proficient user of Microsoft Office suite and a working knowledge of accruals would be helpful but not essential

Salary: £19,000 to £20,000 pa (dependent on experience)

Job Type: Permanent Full time, 37.5 hours

Location: Emersons Green, Bristol

What we Offer

Access to the Hft Plus benefits package, which includes a great number of discounts and rewards across shops, restaurants, gym membership and days out; but also, an Employee Assistance Programme, with telephone and face-to-face support options. Access to award winning training and development – Hft is one of only four charities to have achieved the Skills for Care ‘Centre of Excellence’ provider status. Annual staff award scheme – The Fusion Awards, and peer recognition through our GEM awards programme. 20 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays). A contributory pension scheme & life assurance

Closing date: 30th June 2020

STRICTLY NO AGENCIES PLEASE.

You may have experience of the following: Finance Assistant, Accounts Assistant, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable Assistant, Accounting Assistant, Accounts Officer, Finance, Finance Officer, Finance Administrator, Accounts Administrator, Bookkeeper, Invoicing, Reconciliation, Purchase Ledger, etc

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DHI is an award-winning charity that challenges social exclusion by supporting people to achieve their potential and contribute to the richness and wellbeing of their community. We are looking for individuals who share our passion for our values of self-direction, stimulation and zest for life and our commitment to our client groups and the local communities we serve.

Are you a positive resilient individual committed to working collaboratively with GP’s, our partners and other community and healthcare organisations to provide a wide range of services including; telephone assessments, content based groups & workshops, creating support plans & risk assessments in a large & mixed team of colleagues and peers.

You feel confident around IT using our Caseload Management IT system to record attendance and outcomes and communicating on the telephone making contact with clients on a daily basis.

You have experience of working with people with substance use issues, and can offer a range of harm reduction advice and information, manage safeguarding concerns and have an interest in developing your knowledge of interventions and support that can in turn support our clients.

If you are interested please visit the DHI website to find contact details for an informal discussion regarding the role.

How To Apply

Please complete an Application form and Skills form using the enclosed Job Description & Person Specification and send to HR before midday Monday 31st August 2020.

Please visit the DHI website for further information

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity available for a talented, data-savvy individual to join our IATI team as our new Business & Data Analyst.

The successful candidate will play a key role working with the technical team to support other organisations to publish their data and work with a range of organisations that already publish to the IATI Standard to improve their data quality and usefulness.

Duties include:

• Answer publisher and data user support requests via the IATI Helpdesk
• Provide analysis and support to stakeholders to help them publish data to the IATI standard
• Develop and improve guidance and training materials for publishers and data users

About you

We are looking for someone who has at least two years’ practical experience working in a technical support role. This could include business and data analysis, data manipulation and/ or product support. The successful candidate must be educated to degree level (or equivalent) and have a keen interest in working in international development, specifically around open data.

Having a keen interest in and experience of working with code or programming languages, and an understanding of and experience using XML would also be an advantage to your application.

If you would like to contribute to increasing the impact of a dynamic organisation committed to ending poverty, we would love to hear from you. Please download and read the full recruitment pack, and apply by emailing your CV and cover letter to the HR Inbox.

Do you have experience of dealing with challenging situations and of advocating in the best interests of individuals?

Sense are looking for a reliable and motivated Deputy Care Manager to join our professional team in Bristol. This is a full time post working 37.5 hours per week in our new purpose built residential services.

As the Deputy Manager you will form part of the management team of our 2-person service, supporting residents with learning disabilities and autism who have moved into their first home. We are looking for creative and supportive people who have a can do attitude.  

You will support the team to enable individuals to live the life they choose: to make choices, to express themselves and live as independently as possible. Your leadership skills, coaching, team guidance and support will assist individuals to run their own lives as much as possible.  Through good leadership the team will feel valued and well supported.

You will be a frontline supervisor, supporting the manager to effectively manage a team of staff to deliver person centred, specialist services.

You will need to have a sound knowledge of person centred planning, rota planning and staff management/development. We would like to hear from you if you are a committed, flexible and enthusiastic team player who is able to coach and mentor a team of support workers. You will be IT literate and able to undertake some administration duties.

About you

You will need to have had proven experience of supervising and line managing staff, as well as experience of coordinating and planning a range of activities. You will have an awareness of total communication approaches which include: verbal communication, objects of reference, hand under hand, hand over hand, communication boards, observations and unrecognised individual communication modes.

We are particularly interested in those that have:

• Experience of dealing with challenging situations and of advocating in the best interests of individuals.

• Knowledge of supported living service

• Knowledge of supporting people with an LD

• Knowledge of supporting people with ASC

• Knowledge and Experience of Positive Behaviour Support

• Knowledge of Outcomes monitoring

• Experience of inducting, supervising and training a team

• Experience of carrying out debriefs, supervisions and MPPs

• Experience of working within MDTs

Please utilise the covering letter to highlight how your attributes/experience align with what we are looking for in a suitable applicant.

About us

For everyone living with complex disabilities. For everyone who is deafblind. Sense is here to help people communicate and experience the world.

We believe that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential.

Sense has a proven record of offering high quality, pioneering services.

Working at Sense can be incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment. In addition, we have excellent training and development, the opportunity for you to join our Group Personal Pension scheme and a generous annual leave entitlement.

To apply

Please use the link below to complete your application. If you are a disabled candidate and require a hard copy pack or a different format please contact the Recruitment Team; [email protected]

Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment, where appropriate, are subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Sense is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to ensuring that all staff are motivated, skilled and rewarded by their work.

Specialist Employability Key Worker - Young People
Location: Bath, Somerset
Contract: Fixed Term Until 30 June 2022
Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week
Salary: £22,500.00 pro rata 
Closing Date: Tuesday 25 August '20 (12 noon).

Do you want to work for an organisation that makes a real difference to the lives of marginalised people?

Julian House is a Bath-based charity supporting people who are homeless and socially excluded to build sustainable independent lives. 

The Julian House West of England Works service is seeking to appoint a Specialist Employability Keyworker to work with Young people aged 16-25.

The aim of the post is to engage with young people aged 16-25 across B&NES and South Bristol, to support them to address and overcome barriers that make attaining employment and accessing education and training difficult.

We are seeking a creative thinker who can work flexibly to manage their caseload and deliver 1 to 1 support in line with the parameters of the West of England Works Project.

As an employee, you will receive an excellent benefits package which includes:

• Cash health care plan 
• Up to 27 days annual leave (depending on length of service) 
• Employer pension contribution (up to 6% of your gross salary) 
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Staff Award Scheme 
• 20% Discount at Julian House Shops and Bike Workshops 

Closing date:

The closing date for this post is Tuesday 25 August '20 (12 noon). 

To Apply: 

To apply for this role please fill out an application via our jobs page on our Julian House website. Please reference the job description and person specification and draw on your track record and transferable skills, giving clear examples.

Adult Skills Tutor - Part Time
Bristol

Are you a qualified teaching professional from a training or FE background? Could you help some of the most deserving adult learners to gain the skills they need to thrive? If so, read on.

About Us

ACH (Ashley Community Housing) is a social enterprise that provides a range of integration and support services for refugees. During the past ten years, we’ve grown from a small-scale housing organisation to a leading provider of integration, employment and housing services for refugees and newly arrived communities in the UK.

Through our training subsidiary, Himilo Training, we are successfully expanding our services to deliver training, development and employment opportunities to the broader communities in which we operate.

We are currently looking for an Adult Skills Tutor to join our team in Bristol, working 18.5 hours per week (we are flexible as to when these hours are worked). This role is available as a six month contract or on a freelance basis. 

Your Rewards

- Salary of up to £24,000 pro rata depending on experience
- Mobile phone and laptop
- Free parking
- Paid company sick leave
- Company pension after probation period
- 20 days’ holiday pro rata + Bank Holidays
- Claimable expenses for any work-related travel

This is the ideal role in which to make a real impact on learners. You’ll discover that the adult learners you work with are keen to get into work and develop the skills to thrive.

You’ll be providing an incredible service and driving learners’ career ambitions to ensure they can become successful and build better lives for themselves.

Your Role

As an Adult Skills Tutor, you will be tasked with delivering functional skills courses and adult community learning programmes focusing on maths, English and ICT at Level 1 to Level 2, alongside various vocational qualifications to support adults into employment

Acting as a role model for our positive culture, you will plan, prepare, deliver and evaluate courses for learners including learning materials for each session.

Your role will also involve:

- Providing specialist information, advice and support to learners
- Creating course resources
- Monitoring, marking and assessing learners’ work and progress
- Registering learners on the correct awarding body site and qualification title
- Completing daily session plans
- Maintaining learners’ records, including assessments records, plans and progress
- Maintaining Ofsted quality
- Supporting the Teaching Co-ordinator in the successful operational management of the curriculum
- Contacting your learners if they fail to attend
- Ensuring learner surveys are carried out and monitored

About You

To be considered as an Adult Skills Tutor, you will need:

- At least two years’ experience within FE and/or the training sector
- To hold a teaching qualification
- The ability to deliver up to Level 2 in Maths and English
- The ability to complete your own admin, lesson plans and upload these to our online platforms
- To have proficient ICT knowledge and experience

Other organisations may call this role Trainer, Teacher, Tutor, Functional Skills Trainer, Entry Level Skills Tutor, Functional Skills Maths Tutor, Functional Skills English Tutor, FE Tutor, Further Education Tutor.

This role is available as a six month contract or on a freelance basis.

ACH (Ashley Community Housing) and Himilo Training are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you think you could make a difference as an Adult Skills Tutor, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Do you like a dynamic and varied work load? Are you most energised when working in a busy environment? Can you provide non-judgemental advice that focuses on harm reduction and supports recovery? If you enjoy working with clients, and supporting staff, this role provides a great mix of frontline support work and management responsibilities.

DHI are looking to recruit a new Team Leader to lead, manage and develop the Engagement Team in South Gloucestershire. This is an exciting and varied Team Leader post with opportunities for creativity and innovation. Alongside line managing the Engagement Workers, you will also hold a caseload of clients, and will provide a range of frontline support including needle exchange and structured groups.

DHI’s Engagement Team seek to engage with clients at the earliest possible stage, delivering interventions that reduce harm to themselves, their peers and the wider community as well as supporting them to access pathways to treatment and wider health interventions. Engagement workers provide brief structured interventions for non-opiate users (including alcohol, cannabis, stimulants, novel psychoactive substances and performance enhancing drugs). Engagement workers also support clients who are involved in the criminal justice system.

Based at our busy client hub, The Team Leader will co-ordinate the in-house and pharmacy based needle exchange scheme, engaging with the community to promote the service, and keeping up with new and emerging drug trends. The Engagement Team also supports a number of student social workers, enabling us to enrich the service we offer.

If you’ve got significant experience of working in the substance misuse field and share DHI’s values of self-direction, stimulation and zest for life, we’d love to hear from you. DHI is an award winning charity that challenges social exclusion by supporting people to achieve their potential and contribute to the richness and well-being of their community. We are looking for applicants who will share our passion for our values, and our commitment to our client groups and our local communities. You will be joining an experienced and enthusiastic team, that work hard to support each other, deliver an exceptional service to clients and meet our contract requirements.

If you’d like to know more about the role, please visit the DHI website for contact details to arrange an informal discussion.

Deadline for applicants is Thursday 27th August - midday

Interviews are scheduled for Friday 18th September

How To Apply

Please complete an Application form and Skills form using the enclosed Job Description & Person Specification and send to HR before midday 27th August 2020

More information available on the DHI website

The Role

DHI is an award winning charity that works with socially excluded communities to help turn lives around. We are currently recruiting for a full time maternity cover Shared Care Worker to support people who use heroin and other opioids to overcome their dependencies and live life to the fullest potential. We are looking for inspiring and creative individuals who are able to create opportunities for people who are often marginalised from the resources and opportunities that society has to offer.

The Shared Care Team will manage a caseload of service users and will work in close collaboration with GPs, partner agencies and other health and social care professionals. They will also help broker a package of holistic support to help build resilience and improve peoples ability to live independently.

If you have experience of working with people who are socially excluded, supporting them to create positive change and lead fulfilling lives, get in touch! We are looking for resilient individuals whose behaviours model DHIs values of self-direction, stimulation and zest for life.

How To Apply

If you are interested in applying for the role, please use the enclosed Job Description & Person Specification to complete an Application form and Skills form and send to HR before Midday Wednesday 19th August 2020

Please visit the DHI Website for more information

Complex Adults Team Leader
Location: Bath, Somerset
Contract: Fixed Term Until 31 March 2021 (potential extension if more funding is secured)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £25,500.00 pro rata
Closing Date: Tuesday 18 August '20 (12 noon)

Julian House is a growing voluntary organisation providing services to people facing acute challenges in their lives. We are currently looking for a Team Leader within our Complex Adult Service in BANES.

As well as working directly with new, returning and entrenched rough sleepers, the service will focus on engagement with people who have a street based lifestyles e.g. beggars and street drinkers, who are at risk of becoming homeless. The service seeks to work in collaboration through engaging and partnering with the whole community.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic leadership for a new service that is designed to provide intensive, person centred support and reduce rough sleeping in Bath and North East Somerset
• Lead the multi-agency working with external agencies required to reduce rough sleeping, including cross authority
• Track and monitor support delivered and its impact through review and use of outcome tools, with a focus on trauma informed care and gender informed interventions
• Support clients to engage in consultation events both within the organisation and in the wider community
• Provide supervision, support and guidance to other staff and volunteers as agreed with Line Manager.

For a full list of responsibilities please see the attached job description and personal specification.

If you want to work for an organisation that genuinely helps others and has real opportunities for advancement. If you are up for a new challenge or want to develop your existing skills, then we would love to hear from you. 

As an employee, you will receive an excellent benefits package which includes:

• Cash health care plan 
• Up to 27 days annual leave (depending on length of service) 
• Employer pension contribution (up to 6% of your gross salary) 
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Staff Award Scheme 
• 20% Discount at Julian House Shops and Bike Workshops 

Julian House has a supportive culture, providing regular supervision and line management alongside externally facilitated reflective practice which enables staff to look after their own health and well-being whilst giving their best in their roles. 
 
To Apply: 
Please apply by completing an online application form outlining why you would fit the role, via our jobs page on our Julian House website by the closing date of Tuesday 18 August '20 (12 noon).

DHI is an award-winning charity that challenges social exclusion by supporting people to achieve their potential and contribute to the richness and wellbeing of their community. We are looking for individuals who share our passion for our values of self-direction, stimulation and zest for life and our commitment to our client groups and the local communities we serve.

The post holder will be working within the vibrant Peer and Workforce Development Team. You will recruit, train, coach and support Peer Supporters to grow in their recovery and develop work-based skills as well as coordinate peer placements within DHIs recovery hubs, partner agencies and across Bristol ROADS (Recovery Orientated Alcohol & Drug Services) .

We welcome applications from those with direct lived experience of drug and alcohol addiction.

If you are interested, please visit the DHI website for contact details to arrange an informal discussion regarding the role.

How To Apply

If you wish to apply for the role, please use the enclosed Job Description & Person Specification to complete an Application Form and Skills Form and send to HR before Midday Monday 31st August 2020.

More information available on the DHI website

Engagement and Outreach Officer
Bristol

Do you have outstanding communication skills and an understanding of employer engagement and/or outreach work? Want to support the success of exceptional services that are empowering people to gain skills and achieve their goals? If so, read on.

About Us

ACH (Ashley Community Housing) is a social enterprise that provides a range of integration and support services for refugees. During the past ten years, we’ve grown from a small-scale housing organisation to a leading provider of integration, employment and housing services for refugees and newly arrived communities in the UK.

Through our training subsidiary, Himilo Training, we are successfully expanding our services to deliver training, development and employment opportunities to the broader communities in which we operate.

We’re currently looking for an Engagement Officer to join the Himilo Training team on a full-time basis.

The Benefits

- Competitive salary
- Free parking
- Paid company sick leave
- Company pension after probation period
- 20 days’ holiday + Bank Holidays

This is a brilliant opportunity to make a positive difference in an exciting role that you can fit around your existing responsibilities.

Once you join us, you’ll discover a welcoming and forward-thinking environment where staff are passionate about their work and support each other to achieve objectives. 

You will have the chance to play an important role in increasing awareness and involvement in programmes that are removing barriers and giving people life-changing opportunities.

The Role 

As an Engagement and Outreach Officer, you’ll increase community support and involvement in our training courses. 

In this important role, you will build relationships with local employers, promote our services and advise them on how they can get involved and offer placements and job opportunities for our learners. 

Additionally, you will: 

- Carry out community engagement activities to identify potential learners  
- Help to assess learners and match them to appropriate placements 
- Organise and attend placement visits 
- Help to monitor the progress of employer placements
- Attend careers events to promote our programmes

About You

To join us as an Engagement and Outreach Officer, you’ll need: 

- A good understanding of employer engagement and/or outreach work 
- Proficiency in MS Office 
- Excellent communication skills 
- At a minimum, five GCSEs (or equivalent), including Maths, English and IT at Level 2 or above
- A full driving licence and access to a vehicle (to visit employers) 

Knowledge of adult education, including employability and apprenticeships would be beneficial to your application. An IAG qualification at level 4 would also be desirable. 

Other organisations may call this role Employment Engagement Officer, Adult Education Advisor, Education Programme Co-ordinator, Employer Engagement Co-ordinator, Outreach Officer, or Community Engagement Officer. 

Webrecruit, ACH (Ashley Community Housing) and Himilo Training are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you’re seeking your next challenge as an Engagement and Outreach Officer, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.